MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:22 am
Come on, please don't go personal with this.
The critique of hypocritical 'Christians' is fine, but let's not do it personally.
BTW, I think you can find lots of people who "practice the generosity and human kindness taught by the New Testament" who are indeed Christians (whether one means evangelicals or includes mainline, Mormons, etc too). some or Republicans, some Dems, some neither.
Likewise you can find these same traits and practices among those who are from a myriad of religions, and from those with no particular religious faith. IMO, no one has an exclusive on this. It does bother me when religious folks claim that their version alone has such an 'exclusive' or that those who do not believe in a higher power necessarily have it right either.
I think your critique is that some of those who proclaim the loudest their devout beliefs often are the least in their actual alignment with these values. And in America, most of that group doing so as "Christians" have aligned in the GOP. I agree.
Let the record show that the right wing threw the first shot with the words "you are wasting your time and energy trying to have a conversation with this person''. You would be well advised to direct your suggestion about getting personal to the one who did so, not the one who replied to that criticism.
I think most of us would readily accept the rest of your comment.